Late Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor left behind a £1.7 million estate to her children, along with specific instructions regarding her musical legacy and final arrangements, according to recently revealed Irish probate records.
The "Nothing Compares 2 U" star, who passed away in July 2023 at age 56 in her London flat, explicitly directed her children to maximize the commercial potential of her music catalog after her death. "My albums are to be released so as to 'milk it for what it's worth'," O'Connor stated in documents signed in 2013.
After accounting for debts, funeral expenses, and legal fees, the net value of her estate stands at £1.4 million. The singer, who sold over 6.2 million albums worldwide during her career, made detailed provisions for the distribution of her personal belongings.
Her youngest child, 18-year-old Yeshua Bonadio, was designated to receive her collection of guitars. The artist had also planned for her late son Shane, who tragically died by suicide in 2022 at age 17, to inherit her religious regalia.
The probate documents, predating her conversion to Islam, included specific requests for her funeral arrangements. O'Connor asked to be dressed in priest's clothing in her coffin and to be buried with a Hebrew bible and her album "Theology." She also granted her children the authority to dispose of her ashes as they deemed appropriate.
John Reynolds, O'Connor's former husband and music producer, has been named as the executor of her estate. The couple was married from 1987 to 1991.
The singer's official cause of death was recorded as "the exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma," though former partner Dermott Hayes suggested she died of a broken heart following her son Shane's death.
Details regarding O'Connor's British estate are still pending release.